Thank you!įrench Company - no date code (tyvek-like tag only) Heres a very quick video to show you guys where to locate your date code if you have the newer version of the Louis Vuitton neverfull-gm in the monogram can. This does not necessarily mean they are counterfeit but it is something to be aware of.Please note that the information presented is NOT exhaustive if you have information to share about your authentic LV, please PM Addy or Lee. This is a heads up as I'm sure owners will ask questions about missing date codes and heat stamps and many new bags will not have any. Hi, my husband took me to the Louis Vuitton store today to buy my very first Louis Vuitton bag My Alma BB doesn’t have a date code but I did get it in. There are many new bags and other LV items that are already confusing owners because they have no date code anywhere but only say where the item was made.
These are steps taken to clearly help stop counterfeiting but it may come up here as well. In a genuine LV symbol, one stroke is emboldened, while the other is normal, and it is the former that crosses over the latter.
The letters showing the country code were moved to the front of the date code. 1990 2006 The date code system was changed in the early 90s. The first to numbers show year, the last 1-2 numbers show the month, followed by the country. This is a contentious issue at LV and with consumers because authenticators will now have less ways to tell if a Louis Vuitton item is real or fake, and RFID chips and other chips can be hacked very easily and many times from a remote location even. So the date code may indicate its production location in Switzerland, but the Louis Vuitton Stamp won’t. Louis Vuitton began using letters in the date codes in the mid 1980's. Louis Vuitton has been utilizing this technology since February on many Neverfull Clubs and Empreinte Neverfulls. These items will not have date codes but will continue to say where the item was made unless it is made in the USA. In January 2021, Louis Vuitton announced that they will be switching from using heat-stamped date codes to integrated micro chips and RFID chips in all of their products.